IT Support Contracts in the North of England

IT Support
England > North of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the North of England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 108 158
Rank change year-on-year +17 +50 -34
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 98 99 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.02% 1.82% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.91% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 54 51
10th Percentile £143 £130 £160
25th Percentile £163 £140 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £190 £195
Median % change year-on-year - -2.56% +30.00%
75th Percentile £293 £244 £238
90th Percentile £325 £293 £288
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 21 26
10th Percentile - £13.96 £11.57
25th Percentile £10.95 £15.75 £13.48
Median hourly rate £12.50 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £14.00 £27.25 £19.88
90th Percentile £22.00 £32.50 £25.75
England median hourly rate £15.00 £20.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.33% +17.94% +24.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,496 5,185 6,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.28% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,630 5,013
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £663 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 165 268
10th Percentile £11.12 £14.10 £11.28
25th Percentile £13.19 £17.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.75 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £57.06 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +11 47 £200 -6.98% 62
Yorkshire +17 39 £200 +11.11% 44
North East +9 12 £175 -23.91% 19
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 61 (62.24%) Windows
2 58 (59.18%) Microsoft
3 42 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (40.82%) Active Directory
4 40 (40.82%) Customer Service
5 37 (37.76%) Windows 10
6 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
7 27 (27.55%) Microsoft Office
8 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (19.39%) Windows Server
10 12 (12.24%) SharePoint
11 11 (11.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (11.22%) Firewall
12 10 (10.20%) Time Management
12 10 (10.20%) VPN
13 9 (9.18%) TCP/IP
13 9 (9.18%) Manufacturing
13 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Intune
13 9 (9.18%) SC Cleared
13 9 (9.18%) Security Cleared
13 9 (9.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 9 (9.18%) Decision-Making
14 7 (7.14%) Public Sector
14 7 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (7.14%) VMware
15 6 (6.12%) Law
15 6 (6.12%) Citrix
15 6 (6.12%) LAN
15 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
15 6 (6.12%) ITIL

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (12.24%) SharePoint
2 11 (11.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.10%) CMS
4 1 (1.02%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (27.55%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 42 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.12%) Azure
3 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.04%) AWS
4 2 (2.04%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.22%) Firewall
2 10 (10.20%) VPN
3 9 (9.18%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.12%) LAN
5 5 (5.10%) DNS
5 5 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (4.08%) Internet
6 4 (4.08%) SAN
7 2 (2.04%) HTTP
7 2 (2.04%) HTTPS
7 2 (2.04%) IPsec
7 2 (2.04%) SNMP
7 2 (2.04%) SSH
8 1 (1.02%) DHCP
8 1 (1.02%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.02%) Skype
8 1 (1.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) Power BI
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.18%) Manufacturing
3 7 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.12%) Law
5 5 (5.10%) Retail
6 4 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Aviation
7 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.04%) Finance
8 2 (2.04%) Legal
8 2 (2.04%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) LDAP
2 1 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.10%) EPoS
3 5 (5.10%) iPhone
3 5 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.10%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.06%) Life Science
5 2 (2.04%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.04%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.02%) AS400
6 1 (1.02%) CMDB
6 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 61 (62.24%) Windows
2 37 (37.76%) Windows 10
3 19 (19.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.08%) Android
4 4 (4.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.04%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.04%) Linux
5 2 (2.04%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.04%) VMS
5 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (40.82%) Customer Service
2 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.20%) Time Management
4 9 (9.18%) Decision-Making
5 6 (6.12%) ITIL
5 6 (6.12%) Server Virtualisation
6 5 (5.10%) CRM
6 5 (5.10%) E-Commerce
6 5 (5.10%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (4.08%) Email Filtering
7 4 (4.08%) Information Security
7 4 (4.08%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (4.08%) Line Management
7 4 (4.08%) Project Management
8 3 (3.06%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (3.06%) Data Extraction
8 3 (3.06%) ITSM
8 3 (3.06%) Service Management
8 3 (3.06%) Test Scripting
8 3 (3.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.18%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.08%) DBS Check
2 4 (4.08%) MCSE
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.06%) Degree
4 2 (2.04%) CCNA
4 2 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.02%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.18%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (3.06%) GAMP
2 3 (3.06%) GxP
3 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (40.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.04%) NFS
4 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.04%) SCCM
4 1 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 58 (59.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) VMware
3 6 (6.12%) Citrix
4 5 (5.10%) Cisco
5 2 (2.04%) Adobe
5 2 (2.04%) Apple
5 2 (2.04%) SAP
5 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.04%) Veeam
6 1 (1.02%) Facebook
6 1 (1.02%) Salesforce